Tag: Illinois

End Trip Odometer: 99,113 Total Miles Traveled: 4,487 Gallons of Gas Consumed: 281.59 Total Gas Expense: $995.17 Average Cost of Gas: $3.53 Most Expensive Gas: $3.85 Least Expensive Gas: $3.29 Average Miles per Gallon: 15.82 States Visited: Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Iowa, Missouri, Utah New States (for the kids): Kansas, Nebraska, and Colorado States the kids …

June 18th 10pm thoughts: We have been so blessed so far to be able to stay in homes of friends. We have had warm meals, even warmer company and conversations, showers, and air conditioning! During my shower this evening I was apparently reminding the Little Miss about being thankful for a nice clean and private …

Matt and Wendy’s house We had a nice and relaxing day to chat and watch the kids play. The kids enjoyed a short walk and bike ride to the old railroad bed where they like to ride the quads. The tracks used to connect the local coal mines. Brooke was being quite the daredevil driving …

Technorati Tags: Gillespie,1,June,17,2013 Starting Time: 9:12 am We actually left the house at 9:00 on the dot, but we needed to get our first family photo and hug our neighbor one last time. Starting Mileage: 134,310 miles First random song from Scott’s phone played in the van: “Good Life” by One Republic “It’s going …

We left our friends’ home at 7:30 this morning. We weren’t sure if we were going to be able to make it all the way home, but the kids did a great job entertaining themselves today. We are at nine and a half hours in the car and almost home and we are happy to …